White Sox use big innings, long balls to down Royals
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[September 04, 2020]
Dylan Cease benefitted from a
pair of five-run innings as the Chicago White Sox trounced the
Kansas City Royals 11-6 Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas
City, Mo.
The White Sox had home runs from Edwin Encarnacion, Tim Anderson and
Luis Robert.
Cease (5-2) earned the win, allowing three runs on four hits in
five-plus innings. He battled all night, recording only one 1-2-3
inning.
Danny Duffy (2-3) took the loss. He settled down after a five-run
second inning, and retired the last seven hitters he faced, but he
gave up six runs on seven hits in six innings.
The White Sox (23-15) pulled to within a half-game of the idle
Cleveland Indians in the American League Central and a game ahead of
the third-place Minnesota Twins.

The Royals (14-24) got on the board first when Hunter Dozier lined
one over the wall in left center in the first inning for a solo
homer. But the lead was short-lived.
The White Sox answered in the second when Encarnacion blasted one
442 feet to left leading off. Duffy then fell apart. He walked
Robert with one out, gave up back-to-back singles and walked
Anderson to force in a run. A wild pitch scored another run one out
later before Duffy walked Yasmani Grandal to load the bases again.
Jose Abreu doubled off the wall, scoring two more. Alex Gordon's
101st career outfield assist led to an out at the plate and the end
of the inning.
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White Sox starting
pitcher Dylan Cease (84) pitches against the Kansas City Royals
during the first inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay
Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

Anderson's one-out home run in the fourth gave the White Sox a 6-1
lead.
The Royals chased Cease with back-to-back doubles by Maikel Franco
and Gordon leading off the sixth inning. Edward Olivares, making his
Royals debut, singled before Nicky Lopez drove in Gordon and
Olivares with a double to right.
But the White Sox came right back in the seventh. Reliever Jake
Newberry faced six batters and five scored, three on a home run by
Robert that traveled 458 feet. Abreu added his second hit, and third
RBI, in the inning.
The Royals added a pair of runs in the eighth on RBI groundouts.
--Field Level Media
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